| Bobsleigh at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
| Dates | 27 January – 4 February 1956 |
| Competitors | 101 from 14 nations |
| Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
At the1956 Winter Olympics, twobobsleigh events were contested.[1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man details |  Italy (ITA)Italy I Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti | Italy (ITA) Italy II Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà |  Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland I Max Angst Harry Warburton |
| Four-man details | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst | Italy (ITA) Italy II Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini |  United States (USA)USA I Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Thomas Butler James Lamy |
Austria (9)
Belgium (2)
France (6)
United Team of Germany (10)
Great Britain (9) Italy (10)
Liechtenstein (2)
Norway (5)
Poland (9)
Romania (8)
Spain (4)
Sweden (9) Switzerland (8) United States (11)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
